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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After Sugar came Pangurban, my cow kitty. We slept spooning and he'd hesdbutt you hard on the mouth. And if you didn't make a smooch noise when he headbutted in the mouth hard, he'd do it again until you made the smooch..i lived him so much.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

GenX unite! I have tomorrow off so I drank more than a few beers. I went to get an nth beer but my foot was asleep and I wobbled, so I did a smart thing and didn't have the nth beer! Please clap.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another #tbt with Sugar, maybe 1978. I'm the one on the right

Two little girls showing off their lilac tabby point kitten. I'm about 7 wearing a yellow gingham dress and white tights.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For #tbt, this is Sugar, circa 1979. She was my best girl from W Germany into my 2nd grad degree in Texas 1997.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Whew! There's maybe 2 more bags' worth of debris to wrangle but that'll have to wait for another day. Come on, fall!

A full compost wheelie bin and 4 lawn waste bags full of the weekend's efforts to reclaim the yard.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hedy's lizard friend is back and she's not even paying attention.

Black cat on red bed, which is on a fleece bed in a picture window. Her back's to the window, through which you can see greenery and if you zoom, a spiny lizard outside in the brick

Close up of a Texas spiny lizard with a green, black, and white pattern, on a pink brick window ledge

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I washed my sheets today and found a little mouse cat toy went into the dryer with the sheets. Now the bed is made and j haven't seen the mouse again I'm in bed and fixing to do some princess and the pea shit with this mouse. Wish me luck

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ow. 99% of the time I love my life and my house i can 90% afford and my garden I can 60% manage and my 2 cats who i 100% dote on. And then my back hurts and I hate my whole existence.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ooh, look! Hedy's lizard friend joined her for hedgewatch today. 2nd photo is zoomed in on the lower right corner of the window.

Black cat on a red cat bed, which is itself atop a fleece cat bed. She's looking h out a picture windowsill a green yard. in the lower right corner of the wondow is a spiny lizard on the pink brick outside

Zoomed in image of the spiny lizard at the lower right corner of the window sunning himself on the pink brick outside. He also is looking out into the green bushes as if on hedgewatch.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I know, I'll bother my Scottish friends @film-authority.bsky.social . Tell me, where are the lads in the breakfast rotation? How's the weather? What movie are you looking forward to?

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Who's up? Apparently I'm not sleeping tonight. I'm open to talk endless depressing summer, the simple joy of Tootsie Rolls, Project Runway, cats. I have opinions and advice. Let's talk.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don't have the money or the space, but I was prepared to rearrange my life for this turquoise vinyl chaise today. www.facebook.com/share/1Bj6ag... thank God it had sold already

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've had just about enough of this BS. By this point I'm September 2024 i had installed a whole new garden and lined it with limestone.That "chance of rain" a week from now? That's a lie they keep telling us to give Austinites enough hope that we don't start flinging ourselves off overpasses

Austin 10 day forecast is brutal and restless. They toss us a crumb of a chance of rain next Friday just so we don't despair but it's transparent lie and I'm despairing

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Y'all want to delight your late boomer/ early GenX friends? Offer tootsie rolls next time they come over

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The sadness of watching the Austin weather bubble repel the rain

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is an honest ask: how is a person who got a medically necessary steroid shot 12 hours go supposed to ever sleep again?

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I got a medically necessary steroid injection in my spine today. I feel fine but I'm about to levitate I'm vibrating so fast. How do the bros live like this?

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My favorite part of Sunday is when I wake up and stay in bed a few more hours. Bliss. Hope you're having an easy start to an easy day

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's a good thing I like okra. This week's haul.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#tbt of the first known pic of Romulus. It's his adoption photo. He was 10 weeks old and less than 2 lbs. Those ears always had bigger plans.

Tiny tabby kitty with comically large ears.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Gah! Muther truckin skeeter inside the dat blamed house!

Meanwhile in Texas meme. A b&w drawing of a 50-ft mosquito in s city square carrying off a man while other men flee in terror.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mister Romuls will stay like this all afternoon for siesta close by. When he wakes, he'll come to my lap for a bath. #catsofbluesky tell me: Why isn't the bed a good place for a bath? How about the other bed? What makes humom's lap the preferred bath spot?

Sleeping tabby kitty curled like a croissant, snoozing away in a round gray furry doughnut bed.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm pooped from all the work around the house today. But you can't see it. It was just a hard day of fixing shit I didn't realize I was doing wrong the first time. Live and learn. Right?

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Shout out to all the phantom kitties. Here's Hedy, who may be a figment of my imagination. My Snuffelupagus. Only I can see her.

Black, amber eyed cat in loaf pose, facing the camera atop a cat tree

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm enjoying all the Odyssey discourse. Thanks, everyone, for giving me something else to dwell on.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Are y'all ever unreasonably happy for no good reason? It's so hot, money is tight and the future is iffy. But my to-do list grows shorter, Romulus and all his legs is the cutest kitty ever, and I'm a little drunk. Wishing you an equally happy evening.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The rep from my home warranty just complimented my positive energy. I'm frustrated with them, but not her personally. Poor thing. What must she deal with all day? Emotional self regulation is cool.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

What's up with the popularity votes on #projectrunway ? I just want to see the best designers emerge.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I love it when nature waters the plants for me.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I grew 5 kinds of tomatoesfrom seeds, but this crazy volunteer is not among them. Anybody else have a glorious, lusty tomato bush? It's trellised and about 6 ft x 3 foot. And about 6 ft tall. I'm living in luxury.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm sitting here watching my tomatoes grow. Meanwhile, here's my father

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's Romulus' 6th gotcha day! Here's a selection from the yoda-eared baby's first few weeks. He's still my velcro kitty & my whole 💓

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Woo, it's hot. I wish my phone could tell me my BAC the way it does my blood sugar. That'd be interesting.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sautéed Shrimp and Okra – Garden & Gun share.google/r9r3U4v6VQXW... here's a gift to all you home gardeners with more okra and tomatoes than you know what to do with.

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Sautéed Shrimp and Okra

Chef BJ Dennis combines two staples of Gullah Geechee cuisine to create a classic Lowcountry dish

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just defied death by peeling and deveining 2 lbs of shrimp with a knife that wasn't up to the task while drunk.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🐝 what do you mean mammajamma isn't a word?

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Somebody please come and knock me upside the head with a blunt, heavy object. I'm doing my best but sleep isn't it Interested in me tonight.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Just ate a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers i grew and I feel like I turned lead into gold. Gardening is magic.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm so proud Hedy figured out how to use the on-demand feeder! It automatically opens when she approaches, and for such a skitty kitty she overcame her hesitations pretty quick. Romulus is not so thrilled with her achievement. #cats #catsofbluesky

Side view of a brave black cat with her head fully inside a microchip activated feeder, munching away.

The black cat with her head in the feeder is in the background. In the forgeound, a beautiful mackerel tabby with annoyed ears faces the camera.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'm positively giddy about my new quest to see how many colors of okra I can grow. I hope they make different colored blossoms.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Something weird happens in your 50s and you become interested in gardening. Or maybe it's the state of the world and the impending food collapse. I'm harvesting peas and okra and squash and peppers, happy as a clam. Plus with your hands in the dirt you can't doom scroll.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Why you sitting like a lil man, lil man? #cats #catsofbluesky

Tabby cat in the corner of a green couch & brown blanket in the posture of an old man in a recliner. Back feet kicked out and paws resing on his fat fluffy belly

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My friend and his two college age kids came to bring Romulus a gift today. My cat has a fan club 😻 and it warms my heart. They don't believe i have a 2nd cat. So here's Hedy, awaiting her bedtime snack. A) proof of existence. B) she wouldn't hate a virtual fan club (but you better never come over)

Gorgeous black cat in loaf pose atop a cat tree with her chin resting on the edge of the nest. Ears up. Golden eyes forward. She exists, has a routine we all must keep, has opinions to share, just not with people who may drop by her house. To them, she's a haint.

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mobrantley @mobrantley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Romulus enjoying a belly* massage. That pile of stuff behind him should be on a table, not the couch, but he knocked over a glass of tea on the table to create a diversion so I would put down my tamales and eggs. *this belly contains tamales and eggs #cats #catsofbluesky #noregrets #wasIplundered

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